Example sentences of "so bold " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , stylistic change is at a premium ; in Gombrich 's book the dramatic innovations of Caravaggio do well , but a distinguished painter , say Bonnard , who is not so bold or challenging an artist was omitted until additions were made to the text in 1971 . |
| 2 | ‘ Cissy , Freddy — if I might make so bold ? ’ |
| 3 | So bold ! |
| 4 | As to honest Partridge , he meant no wrong , for he is so bold a mountaineer , he can go anywhere that a sheep can ; and I dare say thinks every person can do the same . ’ |
| 5 | A local priest was even so bold as to call the system ‘ a home-brew democracy … . |
| 6 | ICI has done nothing so bold . |
| 7 | Now sir , he had continued acidly , gripping Mark by the ear , ‘ tell me , if I may be so bold as to ask , precisely what I have been talking about . ’ |
| 8 | I have never seen one so close before , and it looks so bold , and bossy . |
| 9 | A bold statement , but not nearly so bold as Kingsley Amis , who admires Lonsdale 's whole project , and Leapor in particular . |
| 10 | But if I may make so bold — will you be careful of my master ? |
| 11 | What makes you so bold as to Come back ? ’ |
| 12 | Almost certainly it would have been the executors , after consultation with the family , as not even a cabinet-maker used to the undertaking trade would have been so bold as to have proceeded with such an elaborate item without having first enquired of the executors . |
| 13 | One reviewer of the present state of the debate ( J. L. Marx 1980 ) ably summarises all the points of failing in the collection of data and their interpretation , but makes so bold as to write : |
| 14 | ‘ Still , ’ hissed another mask , ‘ it would have been a shame to lose so bold a partner in this enterprise of ours ; and of His Supremacy 's . |
| 15 | Even those committees so bold as to demand to see papers and witnesses are unlikely to receive the cooperation they require . |
| 16 | If I might be so bold , for one who missed out on so much ( and not just in a cricket sense ) , I would offer a few words of advice . |
| 17 | As he had expected , she assumed his apology was because he had been so bold in the maid 's presence . |
| 18 | According to Henderson ( 1979 ) , ‘ no school can reasonably be so bold as to suggest that it has nothing to learn from other schools , from professional teacher-trainers or from educational scholarship and research ’ . |
| 19 | He never does anything quite so bold again , or quite so fast . |
| 20 | FURNITURE DESIGN HAS NEVER BEEN SO ADVENTUROUS OR SO BOLD . |
| 21 | Heywood , in his Apology for Actors ( 1612 ) , protested and declared Shakespeare ‘ much offended with M. Iaggard ( that altogether vnknowne to him ) presumed to make so bold with his name ’ ( signature G4r+v ) . |
| 22 | " Well , " she said , looking at them in turn again , lifting her face to gaze directly at Graham , " if I may make so bold , chaps , how about a drink ? |
| 23 | I did not venture to express my opinion , fearing that my taste might have become corrupted by my long residence in the Indies ; but since my companion had recently come from France , it was quite a relief to hear him say that he had seen nothing in Europe quite so bold and majestic . ’ |
| 24 | He stood quite still now , watching her , and she did n't feel quite so bold with his eyes narrowed on her intently , suspicious but interested . |
| 25 | ‘ I notice , ’ he said in good English , ‘ that you have been so bold as to ask for food at this late hour . |
| 26 | Some people were so bold as to suggest that he had now lost his grip and was writing pretty fair garbage . |
| 27 | He even made so bold as to ask about Maureen O'Duffy . |
| 28 | Patrick made so bold as to ask : ‘ Do you know if they 're coming from Ashford or Headquarters ? ’ |
| 29 | Yet , if pain remains , who would be so bold as to decide when the patient 's limit of tolerance has been reached ? |